The Rise of Stealth Design

Computers began the ubiquity stage in the mid-80′s.  The Woz’s Apple I showed people that computers could actually be small enough to be useful in the home and office. There was only one problem. They were hideous.  Initially, this wasn’t that big of a deal.  The mere fact that you owned a computer was cool enough to make up for the bulging beige pile of components you needed.

Cut to 2008. Design is king.  Dell’s computers look like mini-sculpture. Apple’s laptops are lust-inducing. In short, people are clamoring for computers that don’t look like computers.  No longer is technology an end itself. The end is now usability and design.

The logical conclusion of this trend, then, is that computers should eventually be invisible.  In any given room in a house or office, there should be no evidence of technology, until that technology is needed.

This is the premise of Stealth Design. And that is what I will be working to make happen.  I will not consider my job done until Stealth Design is a standard design philosophy in every home and office in America

Cheers.